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Flash Mob: Ford Introduces F-150 Lightning Flash

The Truth About Cars

Ford announced this morning a new trim for their all-electric pickup truck. It has an extended range (320-mile) battery, popular equipment, and a price tag right at $70,000.& Though if Ford is going down this road, they better be prepared to also add the Lightning Strikes and Lightning Rod trims to its roster.

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Stuff We Use: Add-On In-Car Tech

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& Not that anyone needs the corporate behemoth that is Amazon listening in on our lives any more than it already does, but we did see the company’s Echo Auto product in action whilst tagging along in a vehicle used for the occasional Uber fare.

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Ford Focus Electric To Be Equipped with 120V Convenience Charging Cord from Yazaki

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While Ford expects most owners to recharge the Focus Electric at home with an optional wall-mounted 240V charging station, the vehicle will also have the ability to recharge at remote locations with a standard 120V convenience cord. —Cary Diehl, Ford human factors engineer. Tags: Brief.

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Bargain electric ute incoming: Nissan plotting baby electric pick-up truck that could see Surf-Out concept come to life

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Instead, the zero-emission Nissan utility would have price tag of less than US$40,000 ($A63,000) positioning itself as one of the more affordable all-electric pick-up trucks in the segment. “How do we evolve… is the question that we are discussing internally. Eventually, we will have to electrify the truck,” Mr Espinosa says.

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Jeep Gifts Wrangler Updates to Gladiator

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Power 12-way seats are also on the docket, and Jeep engineers insist they can weather the Gladiator’s nearly three feet of water fording capability without fritzing into oblivion. Very good, then.

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PGE First to Receive Two Raser EREV Fleet Trucks by End of 2010

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Raser says it plans to offer its E-REV powertrain in both GM and Ford models. The agreement sets forth the first phase of commercial production of electric fleet vehicles utilizing HHI’s high tech engineering and manufacturing capability and Raser’s extended range electric vehicle powertrain technology. Tags: Brief.

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CNG Hot Rod Debuts at AFV 2010

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Based on a 1933 Ford Roadster, this Hot Rod is intended to showcase the possibilities and the performance of using natural gas in a fun and unique way. Tags: Engines Natural Gas. Click to enlarge. The WJ Daytech/AFVTech CNG Hot Rod made its debut at the recent Alternative Fuels and Vehicles ( AF&V 2010 ) show in Las Vegas.

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